
Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America
9/11. The war on terror. Hurricane Katrina. The 2008 financial crisis. The housing crisis. The opioid epidemic. Mass school shootings. Global warming. The Trump presidency. COVID-19.Since they were born, Generation Z (also known as "zoomers")―those born from the late 1990s to early 2000s―have been faced with an onslaught of turmoil, destruction and instability unprecedented in modern history. And it shows: they are more stressed, anxious, and depressed than previous generations, a phenomenon John Della Volpe has documented heavily through decades of meeting with groups of young Americans across the country.But Gen Z has not buckled under this tremendous weight. On the contrary, they have organized around issues from gun control to racial and environmental justice to economic equity, becoming more politically engaged than their elders, and showing a unique willingness to disrupt the status quo.In Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Passion and Fear to Save America, Della Volpe draws on